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The DuPage Declaration
BRF WitnessVolume 25, Number 5September/October 1990 PREAMBLE We evangelical renewal leaders from North American mainline churches gathered at Wheaton in DuPage County, Illinois March 19, 20, 1990 …
The Responsibilities of a Father
EditorialMay/June, 1990Volume 25, Number 3 Most readers will receive this copy of the WITNESS about a month before Father’s Day, which in 1990 falls on Sunday, June …
Trading Away Our Radical Disciple New Testament Witness
EditorialVolume 27, Number 1January/February, 1992 During the first weekend of October, 1991, a number of Brethren gathered for a two-day conference on the theme …
The Primacy of Preaching
EditorialNovember/December, 1992Volume 27, Number 6 The preacher’s task is to speak as a personal witness to God’s revelation of himself in the Bible. The preacher …
The Sisters’ Prayer Covering
EditorialSeptember/October, 1992Volume 27, Number 5 Twenty years ago we published an article on the sisters’ head covering. That supply has been exhausted. We are …
Seeking the Mind of Christ
EditorialMay/June, 1992Volume 27, Number 3 “Forward…Seeking the Mind of Christ” is the theme of the 1992 Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren. The …
Homosexuality and the Church of the Brethren
EditorialMarch/April, 1992Volume 27, Number 2 The issue of homosexuality has not been laid aside in the Church of the Brethren. Some look at homosexuality as …
The Death Penalty–Cruelty or Necessity?
EditorialSeptember/October, 1999Volume 34, Number 5 The capital punishment debate continues. When dealing with the issue, the media often focuses on cases involving heinous crimes, and …
Pulling the Plug
EditorialSeptember/October, 1998Volume 33, Number 5 Euthanasia is a term we hear more frequently today. The word is derived from two Greek words–one meaning “well” and …
The Twin Evils of Abortion and Euthanasia
EditorialNovember/December, 1996Volume 31, Number 6 One of the primary causes of death in the United States is abortion. With the blessing of the United States …